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14 September 



Commerce, public display permit 

 application, Sea World, Inc. 



Commerce, scientific research permit 

 application, William M. Hamner. 



Commerce, scientific research permit 

 application, Kenneth C. Balcomb, III. 



Commerce, modification of public display 

 permit, Aquarium of Niagara Falls. 



Commerce, public display permit 

 application, Mystic Marinelife Aquarium. 



Interior, public display permit 

 application, Izu-Mito Sea Paradise. 



Commerce, commenting to the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service on the 

 biological status of the Gulf of 

 California harbor porpoise ( Phocoena 

 sinus) and recommending that the species 

 be designated as endangered under the 

 Endangered Species Act of 1973. 



Interior, commenting to the Fish and 

 Wildlife Service on programs being carried 

 out by the Service and others on the 

 California or southern sea otter and on 

 implementation of the Southern Sea Otter 

 Recovery Plan and recommending that steps 

 be taken promptly to: 1) expedite assess- 

 ment of sea otter mortality in gill and 

 trammel nets and adopt necessary measures 

 to either prohibit or significantly reduce 

 such incidental taking; 2) determine the 

 optimal design and establish agreed-upon 

 schedules and procedures for conducting 

 periodic population surveys; 3) complete 

 the Sea Otter Mapping Project; 4) select 

 a translocation site or sites and develop 

 a proposed translocation plan(s) that can 

 be subjected to legal, environmental, and 

 economic evaluation and assessment; 5) 

 develop and begin implementing an agreed-upon 

 plan for assessing alternative methods for 

 protecting and containing sea otters in 

 designated zones; 6) facilitate the 

 compilation, evaluation, and publication 



